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<h1>Profiler Window</h1>
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<p>Use to control the profiling session and manage profiling results. Choose <b>Window</b> &gt; <b>Profiling</b> &gt; <b>Profiler Control Panel</b> to open the Profiler window. 
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<p>In the Profiler window, you can do the following operations:</p>
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<li>Control the profiling task</li>
<li>View the status of the current profiling session</li>
<li>Open profiling results windows</li>
<li>Take and manage profiling snapshots</li>
<li>See basic telemetry statistics</li>
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<p>The Profiler window contains the following sections. You can click the section name or node to hide or reveal the section.</p>
<p><b>Controls</b></p>
<p>This section contains commands for controlling the profiling session.</p>

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<p>Rerun Profiling Session</p>
<p>(Ctrl-Shift-F2)</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Runs the last profiling command again.</td>
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<p>Stop Profiling Session</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/stop-icon.png" alt="Stop profiling icon." title="Stop profiling icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Stops the current profiling command.
<p>Also stops the target application if the application was started by Profiler.</p>
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<p>Reset Collected Results</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/reset_results.png" alt="Reset results icon." title="Reset results icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Discards the already accumulated profiling results.</td>
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<p>Run GC</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/trash-icon.png" alt="Run garbage collection icon." title="Run garbage collection icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Runs Garbage Collection.</td>
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<p>Modify Profiling Session</p>
<p>(Alt+Shift+F2)</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/clock-icon.png" alt="Modify profiling task icon." title="Modify profiling task icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Opens the Modify Profiling Task dialog box and enables you to run a new profiling command without stopping the target application.</td>
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<p>VM Telemetry Overview</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/telemetry_overview_wdw.png" alt="Telemetry overview icon." title="Telemetry overview icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Opens the VM Telemetry Overview in the Output window of the IDE, displaying smaller versions of the telemetry graphs.</td>
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<p>Detach</p>
<p><img width="16" height="16" src="img/detach.png" alt="Detach icon." title="Detach icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t21 r1c2-t21">Detaches the IDE from the profiled application if the IDE is attached to an application.</td>
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<p><b>Status</b></p>
<p>This section displays the status and type of the current profiling task.</p>
<p><b>Profiling Results</b></p>
<p>This section contains commands for displaying profiling results.</p>

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<p>Take Snapshot</p>
<p><img width="32" height="32" src="img/takesnapshotcpu32.png" alt="Take snapshot icon." title="Take snapshot icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Takes a snapshot of the current profiling results and opens the snapshot in the main editor window.</td>
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<p>Dump Heap</p>
<p><img width="32" height="32" src="img/takesnapshotmem32.png" alt="Dump heap icon." title="Dump heap icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Takes a heap snapshot of the application.</td>
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<p>Live Results</p>
<p><img width="32" height="32" src="img/live_resultsview.png" alt="Live results icon." title="Live results icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Opens the Live Results window.</td>
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<p><b>Saved Snapshots</b></p>
<p>This section enables you to manage the profiling results snapshots associated with your project. When you select an open project in the drop-down list, the saved snapshots associated with that project are displayed. Double-clicking the name of the snapshot opens the snapshot in the Source Editor window.</p>
<p>The buttons to the right of the listed snapshots enable you to open and delete your saved snapshots. The <b>Save As</b> button enables you to save the selected snapshot to a location outside your project. The <b>Load</b> button enables you to locate and open snapshots saved outside your project.</p>
<p>Snapshots are listed according to when the snapshot was taken, with the most recent at the bottom. To open a snapshot, select the snapshot from the list and click <b>Open</b>, or double-click the name. Bold indicates that the snapshot tab is already open in the Source Editor window. The snapshot icon identifies the type of snapshot.</p>
<p><b>View</b></p>
<p>This section contains commands for displaying the results of application monitoring.</p>

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<p>VM Telemetry</p>
<p><img width="32" height="32" src="img/vmtelemetry_view.png" alt="VM telemetry icon." title="VM telemetry icon." /></p>
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<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t23 r1c2-t23">Opens the VM Telemetry window that displays data on thread activity and memory heap and garbage collection</td>
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<p>Threads</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t23 r1c2-t23">Opens the Threads window that displays thread activity.</td>
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<p>Lock Contention</p>
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<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t23 r1c2-t23">Opens the Lock Contention window that displays locked threads and lock monitors.</td>
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